Turning Portraits into Digital Sketches, Oils, Watercolors - - Need inspiration

Britsdad · #1 05-31-2006, 08:23 AM

Hi all,
Just trying this photo of my son (centre) with 2 cousins on this forum, see what you can come up with. Love the expression on the boy on your right, staring into nothingness. I've tried all sorts but as I've said before "I'm not very creative" I need some inspiration.
John

NancyJ · #2 05-31-2006, 08:51 AM

Just a quick sketch effect.
Doing this at work, just installed photoshop and something is wonky at this end (the original looks blue to me on this monitor, but when I paste it into photoshop its brown (the greys in the color palette are brown too) when I save for web looks blue again.

nebgranny · #3 05-31-2006, 09:36 AM

Gosh Nancy that is wonderful..just perfect..what clarity !!

What handsome boys Britsdad!! Neb

oltenius · #4 05-31-2006, 10:28 AM

Unfinished work but it is an idea, I think!

Britsdad · #5 05-31-2006, 11:11 AM

NancyJ, yea I like your sketch, I've done that before, not as good as yours tho'.
nebgranny, thanks, but this was taken a while ago now, and they are definatley no cherubs now....lol
oltenius, I like your colouring, how are you doing that? is it just with paint brush?

oltenius · #6 05-31-2006, 11:54 AM

Indeed, manual brushing and some tonal adjustments, but... it is a hard work!
Youm may try an application named Recolored. Regards.

oltenius · #7 05-31-2006, 12:52 PM

Another attempt...

Britsdad · #8 05-31-2006, 01:26 PM

How did you get there? And what do you reckon to this? Don't ask how I got there, because I've tried that many different things I lost my way, there is a sketch in there somwhere tho'....I'm not sure but I think I like it.....John

oltenius · #9 05-31-2006, 01:38 PM

Very nice, congratulations! You may work a bit to the color adjustment of their hair... my opinion.

Peter S · #10 05-31-2006, 02:53 PM

Heres one from me using the Little Ink Pot Sketcher plugin. then a quick selection, feathered about 20 pixels inversed and delete to give the vignette effect.

Peter

palms1 · #11 05-31-2006, 03:05 PM

altered the colour with selective colour,used anisotropic, and done some smudging with more time probably would of smudged more. Great photo lovely lads the one on the right has quite a cherubic face ( go on tease him now )

Palms

RokcetScientist · #12 05-31-2006, 03:19 PM

sans parole

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Kraellin · #14 05-31-2006, 09:57 PM

made with a filter forge filter i made (and just got approved!)

craig

Littlecoo · #15 06-01-2006, 05:52 AM

Maybe selective tinting... to create focal points/ bring certain details out.
I was going to focus on there faces but I got a little carried away... had to go away and sit on my hands awhile... but I hope you catch my drift. I just did a sepia and used a soft brush at low opacity (varied 10-30%) and set to 'colour' mode to gradually build the colour in. I had a bit of fun with this cute pic... I had to guess on colours, so I apologise if I am way off the mark there.